A summer of progress
Emergency rescues, a groundbreaking surgery, a long awaited reunion, and many more important milestones! Let’s take a look back at all we accomplished together in the summer of 2022!
Bear Iva
Rescued during an emergency mission in Macedonia, Bear Iva now lives at BEAR SANCTUARY Belitsa in Bulgaria.
Lion Cub Nikola
Lion cub Nikola found a new home at our FELIDA Big Cat Sanctuary after escaping from illegal keeping and wandering the streets of Montenegro for 10 days.
Watch of video of Nikola playing here.
Watch of video of Nikola playing here.
Kaavan
Our Dr. Amir Khalil was reunited with elephant Kaavan 18 months after we first rescued the world’s loneliest elephant. Kaavan now lives at a spacious sanctuary in Cambodia.
Watch a video of the reunion here.
Watch a video of the reunion here.
The 5 Romanian Lions
The 5 Romanian lions—Ellie, Geena, Vincent, Dolf, and Roman—were transferred from FELIDA Big Cat Sanctuary to LIONSROCK Big Cat Sanctuary after being rescued from private captivity in Romania last year.
Read more here.
Read more here.
Bear Bakhmut
Found by the Ukrainian military in the war-torn Donetsk region, Bakhmut was rescued during another emergency mission and transferred to our BEAR SANCTUARY Domazhyr.
Read more here.
Read more here.
Dog meat trade survivors fly to Switzerland
Five dog meat trade survivors—Brinkman, Rhodey, Sassy, Shark, and Wanda—flew from Cambodia to Switzerland to find their forever homes.
Read more here.
Read more here.
Elephants Noor Jehan & Madhubala
Dr. Amir Khalil and his team performed a groundbreaking dental surgery on elephants Noor Jehan and Madhubala in Pakistan.
Read more here.
Read more here.
Stray Animal Care in Ukraine
We continued our stray animal care work in Ukraine, where we have now rescue over 1500 dogs and cats since mid-April.
Read more here.
Read more here.
Bear cubs Jenny, Moris, Toby & Andor
Bear cubs Jenny, Moris, Toby, and Andor moved into a new spacious enclosure at our BEAR SANCTUARY Domazhyr in Ukraine.
Watch a video about the cubs here.
Watch a video about the cubs here.
Progress for Dogs in Indonesia
Thanks in part to our campaign to end the dog and cat meat trade, two more regencies went dog meat free in Indonesia.
Working Horses
In order to help working families and their animals in Romania, our team provided veterinary treatment to 40 working horses in Smardioasa and Cervenia.
Pandemic Prevention and Advocacy
Our team participated in a high-level policy round table at the UN, advocating animal welfare to be a top priority in order to prevent the next pandemic.
Read more here.
Read more here.
Kandaka & Mansour
We traveled to Sudan in an attempt to rescue lions Kandaka and Mansour.
Watch a video about the mission here.
Watch a video about the mission here.
Wild horses in Romania
In Romania, our wild horses team boosted 25 horses with immune contraceptive in a continuation of our wild horse fertility control program.
Read more about the program here.
Read more about the program here.
Therapy Dog Busia
Therapy dog Busia, who was formerly a stray dog, continued to work with soldiers, refugees, and school children in Ukraine.
Advocacy for Farm Animals
Over 50,000 people sent a letter to Nike demanding they #StopCruelWool and exclude mulesed wool from their products.
You can sign the letter here.
You can sign the letter here.
Helping Stray Dogs and Cats
Our stray animal care teams in Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, and India continue to provide veterinary care, food, and loving homes for dogs and cats in need.
Learn more about our stray animal care work here.
Learn more about our stray animal care work here.
At our Sanctuaries
At our 12 sanctuaries across the world, we continue to care for all our rescued animals for the #RestOfTheirLives!
Learn more about our sanctuaries here.
Learn more about our sanctuaries here.